Chennai, Oct. 26 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported on Sunday that a depression in the east-central Arabian Sea has progressed nearly westward at a velocity of seven kilometres per hour over the past six hours.

Meanwhile, the depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal moved nearly west-northwestwards at 10 kmph over the past 6 hours, intensified into a deep depression, and lay centred.

As of 0530 hours IST today, the Arabian Sea depression was located in the same region, near latitude 16.5degN and longitude 66.8degE. It is situated approximately 700 kilometres west-southwest of Mumbai, around 760 kilometres west of Panjim, Goa, 880 kilometres northwest of Aminidivi in Lakshadweep, and about 960 kilometres west-northw...